An upstate New York man has gone on a hunger strike as a matter of principle … He is protesting child support obligations.

The man allegedly owes $60,000 in back support.

The court was reportedly ready to give him probation – but he chose jail to attract publicity to his cause.

The man is on a feeding tube in the jail’s infirmary.

Read more in this Syracuse Post-Standard article, Inmate: I don’t recommend . . . this.